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CaseNo: BTPVPCC322638, Plaintiff: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>BTPVPCC322638, CourtName: MISC 3, Sargent Patent, Internet, Prodigy, Infringement, Infringe, Central Computer, Markman, Summary Judgment, Web Server, Second Portion, Equivalents, Subscribers, Matter, Communicate, Reason, Wah Report, United States, Amendment, Html File, First Portion, Markman Opinion, Remote Terminals, Patent, Prosecution History, Reference, Claim Limitations, Web Browser, Citing Bhakta Dep, Defendant Prodigy, Display, Acts, York, Telecommunications, Portion, Hyperlinks, British, Laws, Entitling, Practices , ContentID: 120249969

Case Documents
1 2002-12-13 COMPLAINT
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6 pages
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2 2002-08-22 DECISION AND ORDER
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26 pages
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Total Documents: 2 documents , 32 pages
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANT PRODIGY
PLAINTIFF
INFRINGEMENT
UNITED STATES
INTERNET
DISPLAY
COURT
ACTS
YORK
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PORTION
HYPERLINKS
BRITISH
LAWS
BUSINESS
ENTITLING
PRACTICES
SELL
INDUCED INFRINGEMENT
ENJOINING
RELIEF
DECLARING
AWARDING PLAINTIFF
ATTORNEYS
DISTRICT
KINGDOM
PROPER
INVENTOR
TECHNOLOGY
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 Robert F. Perry (RP 9841)
 Benjamin  Hershkowitz (BH  7256)
 Larissa A. Rippa  (LR  73 13)
 KENYON  & KENYON
 One Broadway
 New  York, New  York  10004
 (212)  425-7200

 Attorneys  foi  Plaintiff
 BRITISH  TELECOMMUNICATIONS                      PLC


 UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT
 SOUTHERN  DISTRICr  OF  NEW  YORK
NORTHERN  DIVISION


  BRITISH  TELECOhMUNKATIONS                     PLC,

                                 Plaintiff,
              V.                                            Civil  Action  No. OO-CIV-

 PRODIGY  COMMUNICATIONS
 CORI'OFWTION,                                              JURY  TRIAL  DEMANDED

                                 Defendant.



                                                COMPJ,w

        PlainliEs British Telecommunications  PLC ("BT"),  for its Complaint ofpatent infhngement

against defendant Prodigy  Communications  Corpomtion  ("Prodigy"),  alleges as follows:



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                                                 THE  PARTIES
SNIPPETS:
  • One Broadway New York, New York 10004
  • Attorneys foi Plaintiff
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
  • Plaintiff BT is a corporation organized under the laws of the United
  • Kingdom having its principal place of business at 81 Newgate Street, London EClA 7AJ, United
  • defendant Prodigy is a corporation organized
  • Venue is proper in this Court under28 U.S.C. $8 1391,
  • On October 10,1989, United States Letters Patent No. 4,873,662 ("the `662
  • listing Desmond J. Sargent as the inventor.
  • including, e.g. a digital information storage, retrieval and display system, such as used for
  • second portion, not for display, such as seen today with the use of hidden page
  • Office controlled the provision of telecommunications services in the UK.
  • Pursuant to the British
  • Internet services infringe the technology covered by the `662 patent.
  • intemet services to facilitate web browsing through the use of hyperlinks.
  • Defendant Prodigy has used, sold or offered to sell, and will continue to use,
  • defendant Prodigy has induced infringement of, and will continue to induce infringement of,
  • defendant, plaintiff BT has been, is being and, unless such acts and practices are enjoined
  • and will continue to suffer injury and damages for which it is entitled to relief under 35
  • Declaring that United States Letters Patent 4,873,662 was duly and legally
  • 285, entitling plaintifY to an award of its reasonable attorney fees, expenses and costs in
  • 03 Preliminarily and permanently enjoining defendant Prodigy and its
  • 03 Awarding plaintiff damages in accordance with 35 U.S.C. $284;

  • 2 . DECISION AND ORDER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    INTERNET
    PRODIGY
    INFRINGEMENT
    INFRINGE
    CENTRAL COMPUTER
    COURT
    MARKMAN
    SUMMARY JUDGMENT
    WEB SERVER
    LAW
    SECOND PORTION
    EQUIVALENTS
    SUBSCRIBERS
    MATTER
    COMMUNICATE
    REASON
    WAH REPORT
    AMENDMENT
    HTML FILE
    FIRST PORTION
    MARKMAN OPINION
    REMOTE TERMINALS
    PROSECUTION HISTORY
    UNITED STATES
    PLAINTIFF
    REFERENCE
    CLAIM LIMITATIONS
    WEB BROWSER
    CITING BHAKTA DEP
    
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    UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT
    SOUTHERN  DISTRICT  OF NEW  YORK
    
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    BRITISH  TELECOMMUNICATIONS                            PLC,
    
    
                                     Plaintiffs,
                                                                                00 Civ.  9451  (CM)
         - against -
                                                                                DECISION  AND  ORDER
    PRODIGY  COMMUNICATIONS                 CORPORATION,
    
    
    
                                     Defendants
    
    
    
              MEMORANDUM             AND  ORDER  GRANTING  SUMMARY  JUDGMENT
    
    McMahon,  J.
    
    
            Plaintiff  British  Telecommunications  ("ET")  asserts that Defendant  Prodigy
    Communications  Corp.  ("Prodigy"),  through  its business activities  as an Internet  Service
    Provider  ((?SP"),  directly  infringes  claims 3, 5, 6, and 7 (the  rLAsserted Claims")  of  U.S.
    No.  4,873,662  (the (`Sargent Patent"  or  "`662  Patent").  BT  also alleges that Prodigy 
    contributes  to infringement  by Prodigy  subscribers who  infringe  the  Sargent patent by
    the Internet  through  the Prodigy  service.
    
            The  Court  has already  construed  the claims of  the patent in  its Markman  Opinion. 
    Telecommunications  PLC  v.  Prodigv  Communications  Corp.,  189 F. Supp. 2d  101 (S.D.N.Y.
    2002)  ("Markman  Op.").  Prodigy  now  moves  for  summary judgment  of  non-infringement  under
    Rule  56 of  the Federal  Rules of  Civil  Procedure.
    
            For  the reasons stated below,  I  fmd  that as a matter  of  law, no jury  could  find 
    infringes  the  Sargent patent, nor  that Prodigy  contributes  to infringement  of  the Sargent
    nor  actively  induces others to infringe  that patent.  I therefore  grant Prodigy's  motion  for
    summary judgment.
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
  • BT also alleges that Prodigy induces and contributes to infringement by Prodigy subscribers
  • The Court has already construed the claims of the patent in its Markman Opinion.
  • Prodigy now moves for summary judgment of non-infringement under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules
  • For the reasons stated below, I fmd that as a matter of law, no jury could find that Prodigy
  • "Literal infringement of a claim exists when each of the claim limitations `reads on,' or in
  • Infringement under the doctrine of equivalents applies when there are insubstantial
  • SMC asserted that prosecution history estoppel prevented Festo from claiming that equivalents
  • The Supreme Court's Festo decision re-affirmed the rule announced in Warner-Jenkinson that
  • A claim of active inducement under 35 U.S.C. Q 271requires the plaintiff to prove that the
  • The Sargent Patent describes a system in which multiple users, located at remote terminals,
  • The information accessed by the remote terminals is stored on the central computer in the
  • Each block stored on the central computer is comprised of two parts: a first portion, which
  • ; BT's Local Rule 56.1 Statement 1 1; Wah Report 77 22,23; Clarke Decl.
  • A user looking to access an HTML file stored in a Web server requires a personal computer
  • Web browsers and Web servers communicate using the TCP/IP protocol.
  • (Wah Report f 48 (citing Bhakta Dep.
  • ' The Quinn reference, U.S. Pat.
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